Coin Brief covers crypto for readers in the United Kingdom — UK crypto, minus the noise. We read the FCA's consultations, policy statements, and handbook prose so you don't have to, and we translate them into plain English without losing the caveats along the way. We are neither cheerleaders nor doomers: crypto is a legal, high-risk asset class being brought inside the UK's regulatory perimeter piece by piece, and our job is to report that process accurately — not to sell you on it, and not to scare you off it.
What we cover
Two things, roughly in equal measure. News: what the FCA and the wider UK regime are actually doing — consultations, policy statements, the financial-promotions rules — explained in plain language. Reviews: exchanges and crypto services examined through a UK lens — regulatory posture, sterling rails, fees, custody, and what UK users can genuinely access, as opposed to what the global marketing shows. We do not tip coins, publish price targets, or tell you what to buy. Nothing on this site is financial advice.
How this site is funded
Coin Brief is an independent, commercially supported publication. We may earn affiliate or advertising revenue from some links on this site. That revenue never dictates our conclusions: scores, pros, and cons read the same whether or not a commercial relationship exists, and posts with affiliate or sponsored links carry a disclosure at the top. The full rules we hold ourselves to are on the editorial policy page.
Who writes here
The site is edited by Tessa Whitmore, a house pen name maintained by the Coin Brief editorial team — a disclosed, Economist-style arrangement explained in our editorial policy. Reviews run under the editor's byline; news items run as "Staff, Coin Brief". We don't publish invented biographies or credentials, and we'd rather tell you how the masthead works than pretend it works some other way.